Be ready when the Lord Returns! Most Christians today think that they are ready to meet the Lord when He returns, but according to the condition of the church, they are not ready. The foolish virgins in Matthew chapter seven belonged to the Lord. They were his own virgins but when He came called for them enter the wedding chambers, they were not ready because they were out of oil for their lamps. This is the condition of the American Church today, millions of members whose lamps are out of oil. Oil is like the Holy Spirit that convicts of sin and leads and guides into all truth. The American church today seems to have little or no conviction of sin since she is just as guilty of every sin and to the same degree that the world is. Also, the lack of truth with all the false doctrines and false teachers proves that the Holy Spirit is absent. So, the warning by Jesus is to be ready or He would come like a thief in the night when no one expected Him. And if He doesn't find you ready when He comes, He said that He would cut you to pieces and assign you a place with the unbelievers, the place is called hell. The term “cut you to pieces” is a covenant term from the old testament indicating what when anyone made covenant and walked between the pieces of the slain animal that they agreed that if they broke covenant that they would be cut to pieces just like the animal was. Everyday that goes by, is time that is lost forever, and that time should be spent in preparing to meet the Lord. Just praying a sinner's prayer or getting baptized or joining a church or making a profession of faith is not enough to be ready. We must have an intimate, passionate, devoted, sincere relationship with the Lord with a whole heart. Only those that are completely His will be ready when He comes. www.chistianmyths.org